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from HumanProgress.org
Education Website
Our sixteenth Center of Progress is Amsterdam between the founding of the Dutch Republic in 1581 and the French military invasion of 1672. During the Dutch Golden Age, Amsterdam was an early center of globalization, exemplifying openness to foreign ideas, people and goods. In the 17th century, the Dutch opened up a global trade network with the Far East and gained an increasing share of world trade. The city was also remarkably tolerant with respect to religious and intellectual freedoms. Controversial philosophers and religious refugees alike found a safe haven in the city. Amsterdam served as the headquarters of the world’s first multinational corporation, the Dutch East India Company, which was founded in 1602. Amsterdam can take credit for housing the first modern stock exchange, which has traded continuously since the early 17th century, and is commonly considered the world’s oldest true securities market. As trade and financial innovations enriched the city, Amsterdam also became a global leader in science and art.
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from Orthodox Christianity – orthochristian.com
Religious Organization in Moscow, Russia
A hierarch of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus and another hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church reposed in the Lord in recent days. Yesterday, November 19, His Grace Bishop Barnabas of Salamis of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus reposed in the Lord following a long illness. His Eminence Metropolitan Theophan of Kazan and Tatarstan of the Russian Church reposed in the Lord today at the age of 74 from complications due to the coronavirus.
His Holiness Patriarch Irinej of Serbia reposed in the Lord this morning at 7:07 AM in the Karaburma Military Hospital in Belgrade, reports the official site of the Serbian Orthodox Church. The Patriarch was 90 years old. He served as a hierarch of the Serbian Church for 46 years, and nearly 11 years as Patriarch. Though several hierarchs have already succumbed to complications from COVID-19, Pat. Irinej is the first Orthodox primate to depart to the Lord.
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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
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